English adjective: grandiloquent | |||
1. | grandiloquent lofty in style | ||
Samples | He engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying. | ||
Synonyms | magniloquent, tall | ||
Similar | rhetorical | ||
Antonyms | unrhetorical | ||
2. | grandiloquent puffed up with vanity | ||
Samples | A grandiloquent and boastful manner. Overblown oratory. A pompous speech. Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey. | ||
Synonyms | overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous | ||
Similar | pretentious | ||
Antonyms | unpretentious | ||